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BUMPUS v. GUNTER

Civ. A. No. 74-5197-G.

452 F.Supp. 1060 (1978)

Robert BUMPUS, Petitioner, v. Frank GUNTER and Frank Hall, Respondents.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

February 16, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norman Zalkind, Stephen L. Saltonstall, Boston, Mass., for petitioner.

Barbara A. H. Smith, Asst. Atty. Gen., Boston, Mass., for respondents.

MEMORANDUM OF RULING AND PROCEDURAL ORDER

GARRITY, District Judge.

Since May 1971 petitioner has been serving a life sentence after conviction in the state court of first degree murder. In November 1974 he petitioned for habeas corpus on the sole ground that he was denied due process by the trial judge's failure to question prospective jurors concerning racial prejudice inasmuch as he is black and the victim...

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